Ive brought some TIM cleaner, and tried some carb cleaner but it doesnt even soften the TIM thats installed on my A8N-SLI-Premium's Southbridge cooler. Its all over the microchip too so i cant just remount it and hope for the best 
how to remove ROCK hard tim?
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That's weird because my TIM cleaner gets rid of anything. Even smells lemony
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Hammer, chisel and some elbow grease.
But really Akasa Tim Cleaner is the answer.
But really Akasa Tim Cleaner is the answer.
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ruined my A8N-SLI i recon. It wont come off and now will be insulating the heatsink from the southbridge core... Need some Karate skills to remove it.
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ruined my A8N-SLI i recon. It wont come off and now will be insulating the heatsink from the southbridge core... Need some Karate skills to remove it.
im on my way over, a drop kick should sort it nicely
I bought some stuff off the bay a while ago.
I havent got it with me so nopt sure what its called exactly but the guys who make artic silver make it. Need it for an Xbox me and my mate were repairing, It comes in 2 bottles, one to remove/soften the TIM and one to clean the HS/chip afterwards.
Nothing would touch the stuff on the xbox but it wasnt rock hard.
Did you apply the TIM to this chip or is it a 2nd hand board?
Has someone applied that nasty stuff that basicly welds the hs to the chip and is stupidly difficult to remove (cant remember the name right now)
[EDIT] the remover is articlean OCUk sell it
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-000-AC&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=27
I havent got it with me so nopt sure what its called exactly but the guys who make artic silver make it. Need it for an Xbox me and my mate were repairing, It comes in 2 bottles, one to remove/soften the TIM and one to clean the HS/chip afterwards.
Nothing would touch the stuff on the xbox but it wasnt rock hard.
Did you apply the TIM to this chip or is it a 2nd hand board?
Has someone applied that nasty stuff that basicly welds the hs to the chip and is stupidly difficult to remove (cant remember the name right now)
[EDIT] the remover is articlean OCUk sell it
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-000-AC&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=27
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Elbow grease
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Yep, I guess you always need to redo your manicure after some hard work removing TIM....................
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Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure
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As stulid says, get the hairdrier on that.
Lightly scratch it with fingernails afterwards then use generic cleaner/alcohol, your nails will be dirty for an age but no-one cares about that.
Remember similar pain removing the gunk they'd applied on an old m2a-mvp. That FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU rage type guy hadn't been invented then but... He was needed.
Lightly scratch it with fingernails afterwards then use generic cleaner/alcohol, your nails will be dirty for an age but no-one cares about that.
Remember similar pain removing the gunk they'd applied on an old m2a-mvp. That FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU rage type guy hadn't been invented then but... He was needed.
